Brownfields 2001 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
Greenville, TX
EPA Brownfields Initiative
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into
law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields Law, EPA
provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through four competitive grant programs: assessment
grants, revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and
job training grants. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through a
separate mechanism.
Background
EPA has selected the City of Greenville for a
Brownfields Assessment Pilot. Greenville (population
25,100) is located 50 miles northeast of Dallas in Hunt
County. The city has suffered from the migration of
industrial, commercial, and retail businesses away from
downtown Greenville toward areas closer to major
transportation corridors. As a result, the downtown area
now encompasses many abandoned buildings and vacant
lots. A large portion of these properties have been
identified as potential brownfield sites. The residential
migration that followed business relocation has left the
central business district economically disadvantaged. The
target areas for this Pilot have a minority population
between 27 and 61 percent, with a poverty level between
12 and 35 percent.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 04/01/2001
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets the Lee Street corridor,
which runs through the historic downtown area, for
assessment and redevelopment planning as a
commercial and retail center.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit the
EPA Brownfields Web site
(http ://www .epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Team
(214)665-6780
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region6/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Greenville,SC
(903)457-3160
Objectives
Greenville's long-term objective is to redevelop the Lee
Street Corridor in the downtown area into a commercial
and retail center surrounded by improved residential
neighborhoods. To help obtain this long-term objective,
the Pilot will develop an inventory of brownfields
properties and work with community stakeholders to set
priorities on cleanup and redevelopment. Environmental
assessments at chosen sites will be performed to
determine their cleanup needs. The Pilot will produce
redevelopment and cleanup plans for the sites. With the
achievement of these objectives, the city will use its
resources to identify legal and financial issues,
infrastructure needs, potential public/private
partnerships, and redevelopment opportunities to build
on the Pilot's successes.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
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• Conducting an inventory of brownfields in six
target areas;
• Conducting community meetings and workshops
to engage all stakeholders in setting priorities for
the targeted sites;
• Conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental
site assessments in the downtown area; and
• Creating a cleanup and redevelopment plan for
each high priority site.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet
been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this
fact sheet are subject to change.
The information presented in this fact sheet comes from
the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of
this information. The cooperative agreement for the
grant has not yet been negotiated. Therefore, activities
described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
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